Editorials

I had never so much as heard of Charlie Hebdo when I awoke to news of the murders in Paris last week. And I still knew next to nothing about the publication when I, along with millions of others, proclaimed my solidarity with the publication and its writers, along with the principle of free expression, by taking to social media with the ha

By John R. Gray, Guest Columnist
Several folks approached me about the seeming proliferation of young Afro-American men being killed by white police officers.
To begin it is a horrible tragic situation for the victim’s family, and perhaps, the police officers involved. We all should feel pain when any family loses a child unnecessa

By Rachel Bruhnke and Tanya Cole, Guest ColumnistsEditor’s Note: Rachel Bruhnke and Tanya Cole are board members and regional director of Witness for Peace/Southwest. Witness for Peace is a 25,000-member U.S. organization that seeks to change U.S. policy in Latin America through education and activism.
Congratulations,

By Carson Councilman Albert Robles
News stories that will unfortunately carry into 2015 will be the ill treatment of African-Americans by our justice system.
While everyone is outraged at the injustice, particularly deafening is the silence of Latinos at rallies demanding justice.
While every racial, ethnic and demographic

By David Johnson Contributing Writer
Body weight training is the number one workout trend of 2015, according to The American College of Sports Medicine’s worldwide fitness survey.
The training system, which has existed for centuries, saw a recent rebranding in the past few years in gyms. With its m

When the War Comes HomeJames Preston Allen, Publisher
On Sept.11, 2001, America reacted to the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. with swift action and arguably justified vengeance for the loss of life on our home turf––the first such attack since Pearl Harbor.
Then-

How We Fail at Democracy, How It Fails UsJames Preston Allen, Publisher
We spend a lot of time in this country talking or posturing about defending democracy. How many times have we gone to war in the past 100 years on this very premise?
Yet, I am constantly reminded of how often we don’t live up

The headline to this article sounds ridiculous. Of course the Long Beach Police Department has never prioritized making marijuana busts over keeping residents safe and bringing violent criminals to justice, right?
Yet if we reflect on the words of now-former LBPD Chief (and new L.A. County Sheriff) Jim McDonnell, we find that is, to som

Harbor Department Issues Draft Public Access Investment Funding PolicyBy James Preston Allen, Publisher
On one of my many trips to the old San Pedro Post Office recently, I stopped off at this town’s newly renovated Plaza Park. I had good reason to stop at one of this town’s oldest green spaces that overlooks the ind

KCRW Radio Focuses on the Port and San Pedro

By James Preston Allen, Publisher
It was several weeks ago that KCRW reporter Saul Gonzalez contacted me after reading one of my editorials about the TraPac terminal at the Port of Los Angeles. I was a bit taken by surprise by the call as we rarely receive much “big” LA
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